Rhetorical Devices - Public Speaking

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By Ann Longfellow

Multiple Choice

Every day we wait, every day we wonder, every day we hope.

• Anaphora

• Epistrophe

• antithesis

• allusion

Multiple Choice

Our voices will not fade, our dreams will not fade, our hope will not fade.

• epistrophe

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

High school is a battlefield, and exams are the enemy

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Parallelism

• Anaphora

Multiple Choice

Fear gripped me by the shoulders and wouldn’t let go.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

The test felt like climbing a mountain in flip-flops.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Epistrophe

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

I’ve told you a million times to clean your room.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

Multiple Choice

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

• Antithesis

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

The coach demanded that we practice harder, play smarter, and perform better.

• Parallelism

• Personification

• Simile

• Anaphora

Multiple Choice

I believe in kindness. I believe in courage. I believe in change.

• Anaphora

• Metaphor

• Parallelism

• Antithesis

Multiple Choice

The people cried for freedom, fought for freedom, died for freedom.

• Epistrophe

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

• Antithesis

• Anaphora

• Metaphor

• Personification